Hacking Archives - Page 12 of 16

Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaw in Chrome Browser Patch Now

Tracked as CVE-2022-4135, the high-severity vulnerability has been described as a heap buffer overflow in the GPU component

25 November

Nighthawk Likely to Become Hackers’ New Post-Exploitation Tool After Cobalt Strike

A nascent and legitimate penetration testing framework known as Nighthawk will likely gain threat actors' attention for its Cobalt Strike-like capabilities

23 November

Malware Installs Malicious Browser Extensions to Steal Users’ Passwords and Cryptos

11/23/2022
Cyber News
Exploit, Hacking, Malware, RCE, Security

The distribution vector used to propagate ViperSoftX is typically achieved through cracked software for Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Office that are hosted on file-sharing sites

23 November

Google releases 165 YARA rules to detect Cobalt Strike attacks

11/23/2022
Cyber News
Exploit, Hacking, PrivEsc, RCE, Security

The Google Cloud Threat Intelligence team has open-sourced YARA Rules and a VirusTotal Collection of indicators of compromise (IOCs) to help defenders detect Cobalt Strike components in their networks

23 November

LodaRAT Malware Resurfaces with New Variants Employing Updated Functionalities

The LodaRAT malware has resurfaced with new variants that are being deployed in conjunction with other sophisticated malware, such as RedLine Stealer and Neshta

19 November

Phishing kit impersonates well-known brands to target US shoppers

A sophisticated phishing kit has been targeting North Americans since mid-September, using lures focused on holidays like Labor Day and Halloween

18 November

Google Search results poisoned with torrent sites via Data Studio

11/18/2022
Cyber News
Exploit, Hacking, Malware, Phishing, PrivEsc

Threat actors are abusing Google's Looker Studio (formerly Google Data Studio) to boost search engine rankings for their illicit websites that promote spam, torrents, and pirated content

18 November